Storms and Convective discussion - September 2023

[Frosty hollows]

Rain inbound. Electrical activity behind. I'd imagine this amount of saturation will kill it

[Singing in the Snow]

Very loud thunder and quite frequent lightning now! My sister's bulldog puppy is snoring away... the others are barking like crazy...

[Azazel]

Just now, *Stormforce~beka* said:

Went mad to the north of me

It was awesome here - between here and Whitchurch where my friends were watching. Got really violent for about 5 minutes 

[WeatherArc]

For anyone interested this is the observed profile from close to that photogenic tornado in France today

 

[*Stormforce~beka*]

1 minute ago, Ben Sainsbury said:

Thought the lightning didn't want to stray into international waters  

It didn't!! We had to grow our own

[Mapantz]

Holy crap! That wind!

[Harry]

There’s so much more lightning on blitzortung than I’m seeing at present - and it’s getting closer.

Usually it’s the other way around. There’s so much cloudy muck here it’s obscuring what otherwise I’m sure is an insane show! 

Edited September 17, 2023 by Harry

[Thunderspotter]

Loads of distant lightning here, so glad i stayed up to see it. Got some videos sbd pictures i'll shsre later.

Unfortunately I was a bit too loud with movement and parents arent too happy anymore...

My room faces north too, so I cant see the new bit coming uo from the south!

Typical, but oh well. There will be more oppertunities later.

 

Good luck to everyone! Been an awesome night so far. 

[biddie]

17 minutes ago, Harry said:

Best storms in my experience happen around the changing seasons - spring into summer or summer into autumn - the clashing of cooler/drier air against the hot and humid air bit like you see in the US - the strongest storms typically taking place around spring and again in autumn 

Not normally in uk but last year in october

Edited September 17, 2023 by biddie

[Frosty hollows]

1 minute ago, WeatherArc said:

For anyone interested this is the observed profile from close to that photogenic tornado in France today

 

Thank you

[*Stormforce~beka*]

2 minutes ago, Azazel said:

It was awesome here - between here and Whitchurch where my friends were watching. Got really violent for about 5 minutes 

Great for you. I got a direct hit in May!

[matt111]

Lightning becoming really frequent now and getting quite windy.

[Mapantz]

The wind has destroyed next doors metal gazebo

 

[Eagle Eye]

My friend in Eastbourne area. 

[Metwatch]

Might actually be in for a chance lets see.

[Alderc 2.0]

Lightning on 3 sides now, kids awake, dogs going made. Misses hasn’t budged.

[WeatherArc]

Just now, Metwatch said:

Might actually be in for a chance lets see.

Hopefully, those cells in Wales were disappointments 

[Southern Storm]

Best storm in ages

[sunnijim]

MENTAL Hete

[alexisj9]

1 hour ago, Mitch the motorbike storm said:

What happened to the great big cell thats turned into a blob of rain opposite Dover 

It's rain lol, although it has some flashes at times. Remains of the French stuff. Probably it for electrics for us, we'll see I guess. At least I had that small storm build over me before this came.

[Eagle Eye]

14K lightning strikes in the last 2 hours. Or nearly 120 a minute. 

[StormLoser]

Continuous elevated lightning and thunder here! Spec tac ul ar!!!!  

[Norfolk Sheep]

Epic ground shaking drizzle incoming 

 

[Mapantz]

Wow. That was biblical. 151.6mm/hr rain rate with strong winds

[Sprites]

6 minutes ago, Harry said:

There’s so much more lightning on blitzortung than I’m seeing at present - and it’s getting closer.

Usually it’s the other way around. There’s so much cloudy muck here it’s obscuring what otherwise I’m sure is an insane show! 

Really **** annoying!!